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NORTHBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- Trains on Metra's Milwaukee-District North Line are delayed after an unoccupied vehicle was struck by a freight train near Lake Cook Road in Northbrook, Metra officials said.

CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. - Metra’s Southwest Service Line resumed Thursday morning following a freight train derailment that shut down rail traffic near Chicago Ridge for much of the previous day. Ten cars ...

AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m.

Metra service has been restored on the BNSF line that carries commuter trains between Aurora and Chicago after an early morning freight train derailment caused significant delays. The disruption ...

A freight train derailment impacted Metra services and caused multiple road closures in the south suburbs on Wednesday. Morning commuters' travel plans were thrown off track after a freight train ...

Metra reported delays along its BNSF Line on Monday evening after a freight train struck a pedestrian in the western suburbs. The transit agency, in a social media post at 7:45 p.m., said inbound and ...

Metra Southwest Service has resumed after a freight train derailed in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning. The derailment took place near Ridgeland Avenue and Central Avenue around 4:30 a.m, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A derailed freight train at 123rd Street on the city's Far South Side is causing delays on the Rock Island Metra main line that travels to Joliet. Thursday afternoon outbound trains ...

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